Locker.



E. J- LAWRENCE & H. WHITE.

LGKER.

APPLICATION FILED sBPT.17,-1912.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

E. J. LAWRENCE & H. WHITE.

LOGKER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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EDWARD J. LAWRNCEE AND HNRY /VHIDE, 0F FLUSHING, NEW YORK.

LOCKER.

Specification of -Letters Patent.

Patented Got, 2f, i913,

Application ined september 17, 1912. serial no. 720,843.

To all whom/1f may concern p Be it known that we, EDWARD J. LAW- nnNonand HENRY WHITE, citizens of the United States of America, residing atFlushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have inventednew and useful improvements in Lockers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in lockers or cabinets and in thepresent instance has particular application to a cabinet for use on theexterior of dwellings and in which merchants may place articles `of foodand the like and lock such articles within the 'cabinet against theft.It is to be understood, however, that the invention in its usefulapplication is not limited to this particular purpose as the same may beemployed wherever it is desired to safely hold articles,- such forinstance, as clothing and the like. l l

ln carrying out the present invention, it is our purpose to provide acabinet or locker wherein a plurality of articles may be locked withinindividual compartments, and wherein articles may be placed inunoccupied compartments without access being had to the occupiedcompartments.

Furthermore, we aim to providey a cabinet embodying among otherfeatures, a casing and a plurality of partitions or division platesmounted within the casing in such manner as to divide the same intonon-communicating compartments when it is desired to' place articlestherein and wherein the partitions may be held in operative or incompartment forming and in inoperative or non-compartment formingpositions.

lit is also our purpose to provide a cabinet wherein by means of aplurality of movable partitions or division plates the cabinet may bedivided into non communicating compartments wheny desired and whereinoccupied compartments will be rendered inaccessible to unauthorizedpersons and unoccupied portions of the casing accessible for the placingof articles therein and capable of beingformed into compartments.

i/Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter setforth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a cabinetconstructed in accordance with the present invent-ion,

the doors thereof being shown in open position. Fig. 2 is an end viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the same, thedivision plates being shown in compartment forming position, and Fig. L

is a perspective view of one of the partitions removed from the cabinet.

In the present instance, we have shown our invention as embodied in adouble cabinet, that is, a cabinet embracing two independent casingsformed, in this instance, integral with each other and capable of beingdivided into three non-communicating compartments, but it is to beunderstood, that the cabinet is not limited to any particular size orcapacity, as the same may be formed to pro-vide any number ofnon-communicating compartments and as many of such Cabinets connected toone another, 'as is desired.

Referring ,nowl to the accompanying drawings in detail, each cabinetincludes a casing l having an open side 2 and an open end or top 3. Adoor 4lis adapted to close the open side of the casing and this door, inthe lpresent instance, is hinged to one wall of the openingand movableabout a vertical pivot, it being understood, of course, that the doormay be applied to the casing in any suitable manner, a lock 5 beingcarried by the door to lock the same in closed position. The open end ortop of` the casing is in this instance, provided with a hinged cover 6whereby the top of the casing1 may be closed against the entrance ofdirt, dust and other foreign matter.

In order to divide the casing,` of the cabinet into non-communicatingcompartments when such is desired as when placing,` articles therein,and to permit access to the unoccupied portions of the casing so thatsuch portions may also be divided into compartments without havingaccess to the occupied compartments, we employ a plurality of partitionsor division plates which, in the present instance, are of rectangularcontour to conform to the cross sectional configuration of the casingand each has one side edge bent upon itself and housing a pivot rod 8the free ends of the latter being projected beyond the ends of therespective partition Vand journaled in alining apertures formed in theend walls of the casing adjacent to the closed side thereof, theopposite side edges of the partitions or division plates being bent uponthemselves and housing reinforcing rods 9.

These pivot rods 8 forni horizontal pivots for the partitions ordivision plates and are appropriately spaced apart so that thepartitions when inoperative or in non-compartment forming position maylie against the adjacent surface of the closed side of the casing, asclearly illustrated in Fig. 3, the partitions, when in non-compartmentforming positions, lying in a vertical plane. 1f, however, it is desiredto dividevthe casing of the cabinet into segregated or non-communicatingcompartments, the partitions are swung to a horizont-al position therebyseparating the lowerportion of the cabinet from the upper portionthereof. For the l purpose of stabilizing or holding the partitions incompartment forming position when thrown to the horizontal, eachpartition, in the embodiment of our invention selected. for illustrativepurposes, has formed integral with the opposite end edges thereofdownturned wings l0, 10 having straight edges 11 designed to abut theadjacent wall of the casing.

r1`ohold the partitions or division plates in a vertical position sothat accidental movement thereof is avoided and to lock such partitionsin horizontal position and compartment formation, a suitable form oflatching device is employed. ln this instance, a spring pressed latchingpin 12 is carried by the free edge'of each partition approximatelycentrally thereof and is adapted to engage in an aperture in a lug 13carried by the closed side of the casing immediately above the side edgeof the respective partition thereby holding the division plates innon-compartment forming positions, the pins being disengaged from thelugs when it is desired to swing the partitions to horizontal andengaged in `apertures 14 formed in the door 4 and the upper wall of thedoor opening respectively, the aperture in theupper wall of the dooropening receiving the latching pin on the topmost partition. The variousparts of the cabinet are provided with Ventilating apertures to promotesanitation.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and manner of employing our invention will bereadily apparent. Assuming the cabinet to be utilized for the purpose ofholding articles of food andthe like and placed on the exterior of adwelling in a position convenient for the merchant, the partitions 7 areall thrown to a vertical or non-compartment forming position and held insuch position against accidental displacement by means of the latchingdevices. The door 4 is now swung to a closed position and locked thereinwhile access may be had to the interior of the caslng by means of thecover 3. The irst merchant to reach the cabinet places his wares in thelower portion of the cabinet and releases the lowermost partition ordivision plate and swings the same to a horizontal position, thelatching pin engaging the respective aperture inthe door 4 and lockingthe compartment against access. The second merchant places hismerchandise upon the vupper surface of the compartment forming partitionand moves the `next inoperative partition into horizontal or compartmentforming position7 thus locking the merchandise against theft. Thesucceeding merchant operates the next partition, the last, in thisembodiment of the invention herein shown, the latching pin enterinOF theaperture in the upper end wall of the djoor opening. Thus, it will beseen that the cabinet is divided into non-communicating compartmentseach of which is locked againstY access. To remove the articles from'therespective compartments, the door 4 is unlocked and swung to open therespective side o-f the casing whereby the articles may be removedfromthe compartments and the partitions swung to a vertical position therebyplacing the cabinet in condition for the reception ofV more articles.v YV Vhile we have herein shown and described one particular embodiment ofour invention byway of illustration, it is to beN understood that we donot confine ourselves to the precise details of construction hereindescribed and delineated, as modification and variation may be madewithin the scope of the claims and without departing from the spirit ofthe invention. rFor instance, the partitions or division plates may bepivoted within the casing in any suitable manner and by any preferredmeans other than that herein shown, while any desired form of latchingdevicemay be employed.

We claim: Y 1. A device of the class described comprising acasing havingan open side andfend, a door closing said open side and a cover closing`said open end thereof, and a'plurality of partitions pivoted in saidcasing and spaced apart vertically and adapted to divide the same intonon-communicatingV compartments, each partition beingof a` length andwidth equal to the similar dimensions ofthe casing. Y Y e Y 2. A deviceof the class described comprising a casing having an open side and end,a door closing said open side and a cover closing the open end thereof,a plurality of partitions pivoted in said casing and spaced apartvertically and adapted to divide the same into non communicatingcompartments, each partition being of a length and width equal tothesimilar dimensions of the casing and means for locking saidpartitions againstV movement. p i

3. A device of the class described comprising a casing having an openside and end, a in non-compartment forming positions and 10 door closingsaid open side and a cover closin compartment forminor positions.

ing' the open end thereof, a plurality of par- In testimony Whereo' Weaiiix our signatitions pivoted in said casing and adapted to tures inpresence of two Witnesses.

divide the saine into non-communicating EDVARD J. LAVRENCE.compartments, said partitions being spaced HENRY WHITE.

apart vertically and each of a length and Vitnesses:

Width equal to the similar dimensions of the CHARLES T. BENDER,

casing and means for holding said partitions LEONARD HoLT.

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